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4.What is the legal
position under the
Ordinance of muitsai
acquired elsewhere and imported since date of
of Ordinance enactment/whether their
employers accompany them or are already resident in the Colony?
5.Should addition to
Section 4 of the
Ordinance be enacted so
as to provide that no
muitsai may be brought
into the Colony for
service in that capacity?
usually satisfied with her situation,
and the child herself is usually
content with her position and quite
prepared to co-operate in any
deception necessary to avoid registration
(g) It would be very difficult to secure persons qualified to make the
necessary inquisition.
(Para 14.) The Governor is advised that
Sections 4 and 5 of the Ordinance
apply to acquisition within the Colony.
It is impossible to make acquisition
in China an offence. Sections 6 to 11
of the Ordinance apply to all muitsai
within the Colony, wherever and when-
ever acquired. If Part III of the
Ordinance were brought into force,
registration would be required of all
muitsai, whenever entering the Colony.
(Para 7)
The Governor fears that such a
condition, if made, would be completely
ineffective. It would be quite impossible to detect muitsai on arrival in the Colony, except by accident; and after arrival in the Colony the inquisition necessary for detection of a newly arrived muitsai would be as
difficult as in the case of those who
had been resident here for years.
Such a provision, if enacted, would
almost certainly be a dead letter.